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Divine violence in the Book of Samuel / Rachelle Gilmour.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gilmour, Rachelle, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Violence in the Bible.
- Bible. Samuel--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- Much of the drama, theological paradox, and interpretive interest in the Book of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible derives from instances of God's violence in the story. In 'Divine Violence in the Book of Samuel', Rachelle Gilmour explores these narratives of divine violence from ethical, literary and political perspectives, in dialogue with the thought of Immanuel Kant, Martha Nussbaum and Walter Benjamin. Gilmour asks, is the God of Samuel a capricious God with a troubling dark side, or can fresh approaches, grounded in the text's historical contexts, throw light on these startling and often incomprehensible acts of God?
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Gilmour, Rachelle Divine Violence in the Book of Samuel
- ISBN:
- 0-19-093809-9
- 0-19-093810-2
- 0-19-093808-0
- OCLC:
- 1246674797
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